AU Scientific and Technical Offices

The African Union Panafrican Veterinary Vaccine Centre (AU-PANVAC), coordinated by African Union, provides vaccine quality control for African vaccine producing laboratories to meet international standards. The Centre promotes standardization and quality control of biological products and provides training and support services for vaccine production laboratories. AU-PANVAC was supported with EU funding under PARC in 1996. AU-IBAR collaborates with AU-PANVAC and the two are currently implementing the VACNADA project.

The African Union Pan African Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Campaign (AU-PATTEC) Office has the mandate of initiating, supporting and coordinating Tsetse and Trypanosomiais (T&T) eradication in Africa within the shortest time possible. The initiative comprises an international campaign to generate a process of sustained action through the introduction of the necessary support and mechanisms required for the eradication of the tsetse fly and trypanosomiasis from the affected countries. AU-IBAR works closely with AU-PATTEC in spearheading the fight against T&T especially through the International Scientific Council for Trypanosomiais Research and Control (ISCTRC) platform whose secretariat is at AU-IBAR.